Ultra high sensitivity, wideband Fabry Perot ultrasound sensors as an alternative to piezoelectric PVDF transducers for biomedical photoacoustic detection

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 222-229

  Zhang, Edward Z ^a   Beard, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomedical; Fabry Perot sensor; Photoacoustic; Photodetector; PVDF transducer; Ultrasound array

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL; FABRY PEROT SENSOR; PVDF TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND ARRAY;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BANDWIDTH; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 12144266937     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.531160     Document Type: Conference Paper

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